22/01/15

[Maik]

Argostoli police, in cooperation with the Ionian Islands regional unit, have arrested two Albanian nationals, one aged 31 and the other 28, for robbery with violence against elderly people in their homes during 2013. Further investigations pending and an accomplice sought.

[Maik]

Tourism industry professionals in Greece are expressing concerns ahead of Sunday’s general elections as fears grow that should the leftist Syriza party come to power, it will hinder progress made in the sector in the past year.

According to a feature in the New York Times, Syriza’s leader Alexis Tsipras wants to do away with the all-inclusive resort model and replace it with a new scheme that will not “alienate tourism from the local economy”.

The conservative New Democracy party, which has not commented on its tourism plan, has in the past proposed to double the value-added tax (VAT) on hotel accommodations to 13 percent from 6.5 percent.

http://news.gtp.gr/2015/01/22/nyt-greeces-inclusive-resorts-eye-storm/